Porter Avenue & Thames Street

Porter Avenue and Thames Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 237 firehouse is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av · B57
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Porter Avenue & Thames Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    1,230 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av, 290 feet away, for the B57.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av B57
    290 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Thames St 20 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    580 feet
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Porter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Porter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Thames Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Thames Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Community Garden
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 237 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Porter Avenue or Thames Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.